Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 2017

Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 2017

10 April 2017

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Commission, make the following regulations under the Fire Service Act 1979.

These regulations may be cited as the Fire Service (Finance) Regulations 2017.

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

In these regulations –

Act means the Fire Service Act 1979.

For the purposes of section 77C(2) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is –

in the case of aviation hull insurance, 14%; and in the case of marine cargo insurance, 2%; and in the case of any other class of insurance, 28%.

For the purposes of sections 77C(3) and 77E(3)(b) of the Act, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, established under Article VII of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, is a prescribed body.

For the purposes of section 91(2) of the Act, 4% of a local council contribution is prescribed as the fee which the local council responsible for making that contribution is entitled to retain for collecting the contribution.

For the purposes of section 95 of the Act, the prescribed fire service contribution rebate is 20% of the contribution.